Improvement in horse-rakes



D. BULL.

Horse Hay Rake.

No. 92,156. Patented July 6, 1869.

Witnesses. I Inventor@ ma @mi fw wfg? @tutti otitis.

DANIEL BULL, o'F'AMBoY,1LL1NoIs.

Lara-s Paw/e N o2,15e', .zataz .my 6, 1869.

The Schedule referred t'o in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, DAN1uL BULL,of Amboy, in the connty'of Lee, and State otIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Rakes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,'clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters and tigures marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents av top or plan view of my improved rake;

Figm'e 2, an end view without the teeth or handle; and

Figure 3, a vertical sectional view through the handle, ,at the line :c in lig. l; and

Figure 4, a bottom view oi' one end of' the rake.

The nature of Iny invention consists in a novel mechanism for attaching the small wheels or rollers,

and the draughtarmsto the end of the 'rake-'head,'

and also in the novel mechanism for attaching and operating the rake-handle, so as to control the rake, as hereafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand` how to manufacture and use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe the same with particularity.

The same letters of reference refer to the corresponding parts in thediti'erent figures.

l make -an ordinary rake-head, A, with teeth B, such as are ordinarily used in revolving wooden-teeth rakes.

At each end of the rake-head there is a spindle, C, andl a metallic piece or head, l), rigidly `attached tothe rake.

TheI draught-arms or rods E, and wheel or rollersupports F, are hung on the spindle G, in such away as to turn thereon-when the rake-headv revolves, as hereafter described.

There are spindles attached to the pieces F, on which the wheels H revolve, and there are also attached to this` piece, a. pawl, I, which engages in notches in the end piece l). e

The pawl is prevented from falling back out of place,

as the rake revolves, by a projection, J, which projectsover it, and the wheels H are cleaned bythe projections K.

There are rollers Iron the inside of the draught-rodsv E, which roll against the end pieces D.

These rollers are used o n account of the side-draught on the draught-rods.

The wheel-supporting pieces E are so connected to the draught-rods lll as to be thrown back of the rakehead, as shown, so that the head will always ass'ume the proper position for raking, but at the same time the wheel is allowed sufficient play, by the piece a moving inthe notch in the draughtrod, to allow thewheel ,to fall to nearly or quite aperpendicular` position upon the spindle when the rakeis revolved, but not to admit of its passing to the front of the rake-head.

` The pa'wls I, engaging in the notches in the end pieces I), when the rake is in the 'raking-position, will admit of the rake-head revolving only in one-direction.

The handle P is secured to the hand Q, which passes loosely around an inner metallic band, R, that is firmly secured, by screws or otherwise, to the' rake-head A. There are four notches cut in -the periphery of the inner band, two directly opposite each other, for the strap S', which passes through a slot in the hand-piece H', and is held therein by the key K'.

The operator, by turning the' hand-piece H', draws back the stop S, and the-rake-head revolves; but when it gets half way over, the stop catches into the other notchin the opposite side of the band R, and holds the rake-head in the proper position for raking another load. I

The dog'T is pressed against the band It by the spring U, audit so engages in notches therein, when the rake-head is in position for'raking, that it will admit of the rake-bead revolving so as to ldischanilge the hay, butwill not admit of its revolving the other way; and it also throws the front end of the teeth to the ground when the operator raises the hand-le. I

The spring V causes the stop. S to catch in its notches, the operator simply pulling it back, as above described, when he wishes to revolvethe rake-head, and then immediately relinquishes it. p The length of the strap S' is regulated by slipping vit'through the slot in the handle-piece 'H'.

f The draught-rods E are bent up at the end, as shown,

4so that they will not catch in the ground when thrown down, as they are 'liable to be..

lhe small wheels H, supporting the rake, prevent the friction occasioned by the rake sliding on the ground, and at the same time give the teeth the desired incline for raking. y

The devices used in the attachment of the handle,

enable the operator to have perfect control ofthe ma-v l chine.

Having thus described the construction and opera` tion of my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent is4 Y 1. The combination of the rake-headvA and small wheels or rollers H,whcn so constructed and arranged that the wheels support the rake-head, but are raised from the ground, and carried over with the rake-headY when the rake is revolved.

2. The combination of 'the reke-head A, spindles Zend stop S, when so constructed and arrnnged, that @draught-'rod E, and wheels H, when constructed and by turning the said handle the stop is relieved, so as operating. substantially as and. for the purposes deto allow the rake to revolve, substantially as described scribed. and shown.

3. The combination of the rake-head A, spindle C, DANIEL BULL. and piece D, pawl I, wheel H, draught-arm'E, and anti-friction wheel L, when constructed and arranged Witnesses: substantially as and for thepurposes specified. NORMAN H. RYAN,

4. The combination of the handle H', with the rod J. R.' SNYDEB. 

